Friday, 9 November 2012

Rodeo Style for a City Girl

I have always wanted to be a country girl. Growing up I kind of was, in a way. We lived on the edge of a tiny city/big town with train tracks behind the house, and a farmer's field at the end of the street. I ran around outside all summer. But, except for the amazing summer I spent living on a horse farm, we still functioned as a city family. At age 14, I moved with my family back to the city I was born in. Although I still longed for the country, I melded with the city until I kind of forgot about it most of the time.

I love country music, and that's all I've been listening to for the past month (except for a few afternoons of Bing Crosby Christmas music). Some of my current favourite songs are:

I've also been crushing on western clothing. Maybe it's the time of year, with the Canadian Finals Rodeo coming to town. I get to go to the rodeo this year! I won tickets from Canadian Cowboy Country. I wasn't able to go last year when my plaid-clad family went. I will of course wear my favourite city-girl cowboy boots. And for some reason, I really want a leather belt with a huge, ridiculously fancy rodeo-style buckle, like this one:

Of course, I've yet to find a decent pair of jeans. But I have discovered that I should be shopping in the juniors section for jeans. I just don't have the womanly hips or booty required for women's sizes. That should help the next time I go shopping.

8 comments:

I'm a city girl through and through, but I'm turning into a small town girl. For me, that's a huge enough transition. I think going all the way country might be more than my nervous system could bear. LOL! But I love the IDEA of going country!

Lol! Growing up a decidedly not-cowboy girl in a cowboy town, I just have to warn you that wearing a lovely big buckle like that will mark you as a city slicker. Just sayin'. ;-)By the way, did you know that the first day of the Ponoka Stampede features the Old-Timers rodeo - which is free? At least it was when I was a kid. And it's only an hour away...

I love country music (most of it!). Lady Antebellum have some great songs. I've never been to a rodeo, though. And I grew up "in the country" with farms all around, but I've never owned cowboy boots or a hat and my belt buckle is a little silver thing that I like because it's so small. :) Have fun at the rodeo!

I had cowboy boots for my summer at the horse farm, but they were only loaned to me. I loved wearing them though. When I was a teenager, I had a leather belt with a small rodeo buckle...I have no idea what happened to it.